Akamai Technologies Soars on Anthropic Deal; Costco Earnings Beat | Stock Movers
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On this episode of Stock Movers: - Akamai Technologies (AKAM) shares soar after the cloud provider inked a seven-year $11.6 billion deal to provide computing power to Anthropic. Analysts say the deal should boost Akamai’s growth and its profitability profile looks attractive, given the contract is entirely focused on CPUs. - People (PPLI) shares jump on a report that MGM Resorts is discussing making a bid to purchase the Barry Diller-owned media giant. - Costco Wholesale (COST) quarterly profits surpassed Wall Street’s estimates after the company recorded a benefit related to tariff refunds. -------- Watch Bloomberg Radio LIVE on YouTube Weekdays 7am-6pm ET Saturday & Sunday 7am-10am ET WATCH HERE: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/BloombergRadio Subscribe to our Podcasts: Bloomberg Daybreak: http://bit.ly/3DWYoAN Bloomberg Surveillance: http://bit.ly/3OPtReI Bloomberg Intelligence: http://bit.ly/3YrBfOi Balance of Power: http://bit.ly/3OO
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